ON THIS DAY IN RECENT HISTORY ~ APRIL 17

ON THIS DAY IN RECENT HISTORY ~ April 17

 

1864 - Grant suspends prisoner-of-war exchanges.
1865 - Mary Surratt is arrested as a conspirator in Lincoln's assassination.
1890 - Art Acord, Glenwood Sevier UT, western actor (Arizona Kid, Hard Fists) is born.
1895 - Bert Wheeler, actor (Nitwits, Hold 'em Jail, High Flyers, Rainmakers) is born.
1896 - Senor Wences, ventriloquist, is born.

 

1918 - Anne Shirley, UK, actress (Devil & Daniel Webster, Stella Dallas) is born.
1918 - William Holden, Ill, actor (Stalag 17, Bridge Over River Kwai, SOB) is born.

 

 

1920 - American Professional Football Association forms (NFL).
1923 - Harry Reasoner, Dakota City Iowa, newscaster (60 Minutes, ABC, CBS) is born.
1924 - Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures & Louis B Mayer Co merged to form MGM.

 

 

 

1925 - NY Yankee Babe Ruth has ulcer surgery.
1932 - Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia ends slavery.
1934 - Don Kirshner, rock & roll producer, is born.
1937 - Cartoon character Daffy Duck makes his debut.

 

Daffy Duck first starred in, Porky's Duck Hunt

 

 

1939 - Stalin signs British-France-Russian anti-nazi pact.
1945 - Benito Mussolini flees from Salò to Milan.
1947 - Jackie Robinson bunts for his 1st major league hit.
1951 - NY Yankee Mickey Mantle's 1st game, he goes 1 for 4.
1959 - Teri Austin, Toronto Canada, actress (Terminal Choice, Knots Landing) is born.
1960 - Eddie Cochran, rocker, dies at 21 in a car crash.

 

1961 - President John F. Kennedy executes the Bay of Pigs invasion plan, an attempt to topple the Communist government of Fidel Castro.
1961 - 33rd Academy Awards - "Apartment," Burt Lancaster & Liz Taylor win.
1964 - Ford Mustang formally introduced ($2368 base).

 

 

1964 - The Rolling Stones' debut album, "The Rolling Stones" is released in the U.K.

1965 - The Beach Boys' "Help Me Rhonda" is released.

 

1969 - Sirhan Sirhan is convicted of assassinating Sen Robert F Kennedy.
1969 - The Band (formerly The Hawks), perform their 1st concert.

1970 - Apollo 13 limps back safely, Beech-built oxygen tank no help.

 

 

1970 - Paul McCartney's 1st solo album "McCartney" is released.

1970 - Johnny Cash performs at the White House at the invitation of President Richard M. Nixon.

 

1972 - Jennifer Garner [Affleck], Houston, Texas. American actress (Sydney Bristow-Alias) is born.

1977 - "I Love My Wife" opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 864 performances.
1978 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Carl Sagan for "Dragons of Eden."

 

1983 - India entered space age launching SLV-3 rocket.
1983 - Nolan Ryan strikes out his 3,500th batter.
1987 - Dick Shawn, comedian (Producers), dies on stage at 57.
1993 - Police officers found guilty of violating Rodney Kings civil rights.
1998 - Linda McCartney, American-born wife of Paul McCartney (b. 1941) dies.

 

2007 - Kitty Carlisle, American actress and television personality (b. 1910) dies.